mijobooks Chapter 102 The First Remote Star Conference
Chapter 102 The First Remote Star Conference
Chapter 102 The First Remote Star Conference
In fact, Lu Ren also felt that having Shen Zhaozhao accompany them was a bit of an overreaction, and that the elders of the Shen family were too distrustful of them. But now, looking at Shen Zhaozhao with a tail growing out of her back, which was almost like a propeller chasing after Shen Yaoxing and licking her, he completely understood.
It wasn't that the elders of the Shen family were worried about their safety at all; it was simply that this woman knew the young lady was coming to Yanzhou and shamelessly insisted on coming with them.
However, a white-haired shaman from the Star Cocoon Realm followed behind them. Although he said he wouldn't help them, they still felt very safe, just like carrying a fountain with them when going out to raid.
"Let's go then."
From the Professionals Association to Yanxi Village, members of the association led the way, and there were also special vehicles to pick them up and take them to Yanxi Village. There were two seven-seater vans, one for each of the two teams.
Lu Ren sat in the passenger seat, while the girls chattered in the back. They had brought a lot of snacks, and although they said they were going to hunt down the Void Beasts, it sounded more like they were going on a picnic.
He looked at Shen Yaoxing in the rearview mirror. After getting into the car, the young lady closed her eyes to rest, but she did look much better. Could it be that she was really suffering from acclimatization problems?
We arrived at the foot of Tianshan Mountain around 2 PM. The road ahead was difficult for cars to drive on, so we had to get out and walk.
"Yaoxing, Yaoxing, it's so sunny today, let Zhaozhao hold an umbrella for you!"
"Yaoxing, are you thirsty? I just bought some drinks at the foot of the mountain!"
"Yaoxing, do you want to see me do a magic trick? I learned it a few years ago and I want to show you. Look at this card—"
"————" Why are they doing magic tricks? And card magic is so old-fashioned, isn't it?
Just now, Shen Zhaozhao figured it out: so what if Xiao Yaoxing is really in a relationship?
Does having a goalkeeper mean you can't shoot?
Even married people can have affairs, but this guy was just dating, so why couldn't she steal him away?
Shen Yaoxing felt helpless. Her cousin was wonderful in every way, always taking good care of her. She even enjoyed playing with her when they were little.
But she really doesn't like women, no, it has nothing to do with men or women, she's not interested in any kind of love or romance.
Right now, all I want to do is train my teammates to become independent professionals, and then lead them to conquer the world.
"It's so sunny, and your boyfriend didn't even offer you an umbrella. Even if you've had a fight, how can he be so inconsiderate of his girlfriend? I feel sorry for you!"
Shen Zhaozhao pinched her chin, suddenly feeling that something was still a little off, and asked with some suspicion, "Yaoxing, tell me, are you two really dating?"
Shen Yaoxing:
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No, this won't do. If we continue like this, we'll definitely arouse suspicion. I need to at least act a little closer to Lu Ren.
But she didn't really want to talk to Lu Ren right now, not because she was angry with him; in fact, she wasn't angry at all.
Shen Yaoxing felt that she was acting strangely this morning.
The sudden emotional fluctuations at that time came very strangely. After seeing Lu Ren criticize him, I couldn't help but argue with him.
It's irrational, this behavior is very irrational, but that feeling is not unfamiliar, it's even very familiar, because it's exactly the irrational, willful, and even a bit unreasonable version of myself at night when I'm under the influence of mental deterioration.
But that should have happened at night. This is the first time. It's broad daylight, but her emotions and reason are out of her control.
Shen Yaoxing was a woman who liked to have everything under her control. This feeling of not being able to control herself, though only for a moment, did indeed make her feel panicked.
After Lu Ren left the room, she thought things would calm down. However, the matter did not end there; in fact, it escalated.
Because after losing control of her emotions for a moment, Shen Yaoxing felt like she was being torn apart.
This isn't an adjective; it's a literal description of a split. Ever since she exchanged a few words with Lu Ren this morning, she's been having these thoughts of two people arguing.
One is the calm and composed self during the day, and the other is the chibi-style self in hamster form at night.
If we were to visualize her current mental activity, it would be that an infinitely wide, white, mysterious space appeared in her mind, with a round table at the center of the world, and three Shen Yaoxing appearing in a triangular formation on it.
One is Shen Yaoxing, a 100% perfect young lady with a calm and collected look, arms crossed, and long, straight black hair. The other is Yaoxing, a hamster holding a Lu Ren doll, with a very cute chibi style.
The last one is a cold and cute face with no expression, holding a cup of red tea and watching them argue. This represents Xiao Yaoxing, who is Shen Yaoxing's most basic code intuition.
At this moment, Hamster Yaoxing waved her arms and said angrily, "What's wrong with Lu Ren? Why hasn't he apologized to me yet!"
Rational Yaoxing, her face grim, was utterly bewildered: "Why are you appearing now? It's still daytime, isn't it?"
Hamster Yaoxing glanced at her, also not understanding what she was saying: "What are you talking about day and night, what are you and me for? What nonsense are you spouting? I am you, and you are me!"
"I really don't have time to chat with you about this right now. I have important things to deal with. Whatever baby-soothing games you want to play with Lu Ren, we'll talk about that tonight!"
Yes, all that talk of tantrums or having a little tantrum is just Lu Ren's overthinking. In fact, after leaving the room with Lu Ren this morning, Shen Yaoxing has been dealing with this uninvited guest.
Moreover, every time this "uninvited guest" saw Lu Ren, he would try to take over and seize control, which is why Shen Yaoxing didn't dare to talk to Lu Ren.
The rational Haruka looked at the other one without saying a word, but the intuitive Haruka said, "Hey, you should talk to her too, tell her to go back."
"No, she won't leave until you've reached a clear agreement. Besides, I was the one who originally convened this meeting."
Rational Haruka was taken aback, then asked, "Why?"
"Because you're doing something that really upsets her, my gut feeling tells me it's better to have her come out and talk to you."
For the first time, Shen Yaoxing found the word "intuition" annoying; it was utterly inexplicable.
Rational Yaoxing looked at her sullen self and said with a headache, "I'm serious, you go back first. I don't care what you want to do with Lu Ren tonight. We still have to fight the Void Beasts later, and we can't fight in this state."
Hamster Yaoxing hugged her little arms, crossed her short legs, and sat back down, pouting her triangular little mouth. "No! That Lu Ren guy! He was so cold and mean to me this morning! I don't want that! I want him to apologize to me now! Apologize! Apologize! Otherwise, I'm not leaving!"
"But in the end, isn't it still our problem? Lu Ren is right. Back then, we only cared about our own goals and ignored our companions' feelings. If you hadn't been bothering me here, I would have apologized to him long ago."
Hamster Yaoxing let out a loud "Caw!" and said unreasonably, "How could I not care? Besides, it was your decision. Don't talk about 'us' or 'themselves.' I won't let anyone else kiss Lu Ren!"
"Clam!?"
Rational Yaoxing, enraged, laughed inwardly, unable to resist mimicking her breath as she slammed her hand on the table, saying, "You just said you are me, and I am you, right? Isn't my decision the same as yours?"
"No, no! If you won't make him apologize, then I'll do it!"
As the hamster Yaoxing spoke these capricious words, the entire pristine white space began to collapse. The space crumbled like a shattered mirror, revealing a pitch-black void beyond the fallen paint.
Having remained silent all along, the seemingly cold and adorable Yaoxing, who always seemed to rely on intuition, exclaimed "Oh dear!" with a completely expressionless face, "This is bad."
PS: Um, in case some readers don't understand this part, let me explain a little. The young lady during the day represents rationality, the little hamster Yaoxing at night represents emotion, and the intuitive little Yaoxing is responsible for reconciling reason and emotion. Shen Yaoxing's thinking mode is the unity of this Lan.
At this stage, the young lady has feelings of admiration, closeness, and ambiguous dependence on the male lead, and she is in love with him. Why would she like Lu Ren? Because Lu Ren is completely in her ideal category. It's as simple for Shen Yaoxing to like Lu Ren as breathing. However, these emotions of hers are basically stored in the nighttime hamster Yaoxing. She only expresses them at night. And Shen Yaoxing is used to separating herself from her nighttime self, so the daytime Shen Yaoxing is completely unaware of her own feelings.
But not noticing doesn't mean it's not there. So when the young lady casually let Ji Liguang kiss Lu Ren because she wanted to test Lu Ren's talent, deep down, the hamster Yaoxing, representing emotions, got anxious.
So, Yaoxing, who had the intuition to mediate between the two, called a meeting with everyone.
Lao Da has written romance-themed works before, but the romantic development of the female lead who is a "loser" is definitely different from normal romance novels. After all, she has just become a "loser," and it would feel strange if she fell in love with the male lead too quickly. So the romantic development in this book is indeed quite slow. Now that it's almost 300,000 words, one of the female leads is only starting to show some signs of affection (actually, Jiang Yueying is also showing some signs). This is also the first time Lao Da has written such a subtle romantic development. Perhaps readers shouldn't just think about romance; it would be better to read it in conjunction with the main battle and adventure storyline.
There have been some recent controversies regarding the price of the sin of lust. I did initially intend to write that the protagonist would gain a new identity, a female disguise, but I had absolutely no intention of having a yuri (lesbian) story. I don't know if anyone has seen the Chinese animation "Spirit Master," which is a pure male protagonist power fantasy. The protagonist, Wang Xiaoming, merges with one of the beast-taming spirits, resulting in a female form and an extra disguise. Sometimes he causes trouble, that's all. I don't know if that's considered a flaw—oh well, it's not a plot point that absolutely has to be written, so I'll just change it. I'll change the talent of the sin of lust a bit.
The changes are now as follows:
Passerby's Lustful Sin: After kissing any woman, you can replicate her profession and redistribute her attribute points proportionally. After the kiss is removed, you will be affected by lust, and the degree of the effect depends on the duration of the replication.
It's quite fun. I reckon there will be some unlucky perverted scenarios to write, but of course, the protagonist won't end up with ripped pants.
On a side note, writing this book was really stressful. Because of the subject matter, it was criticized from the very beginning. It was attacked on online forums after only 10 words, and before it was even published, I received more criticism than my previous books combined. People were constantly criticizing it, and I'm actually quite afraid of harsh reviews. Sometimes it was really exhausting, as you can see. Up until now, I've respected every reader's opinion and have been willing to compromise. I know everyone wants this book to improve, but next time, if there's anything you don't like, I hope the criticism can be a little gentler. Thank you.